To get people onboard: empower employees, foster change, and exert influence. Managers are under increasing pressure to deliver better results faster than the competition. But meeting today's tough challenges requires complete mastery of a full array of management skills, from communicating and coaching to public speaking and managing people. The Results-Driven Manager series is designed to help time-pressed managers hone and polish the skills they need most. Concise, action-oriented, and packed with invaluable strategies and tools, these timely guides help managers improve their job performance today--and give them the edge they need to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Even the most respected leaders struggle to develop the right blend of leadership styles to overcome resistance to change. Getting People on Board provides critical strategies and tools for managers to effectivelly implement change initiatives. Learn to :

* stay focused on the goal

* avoid being marginalized

* energize your team

* communicate a sense of purpose



The Results-Driven Manager series colects timely articles from Harvard Management Update and Harvard management Communication Letetr into highly relevant books that help managers sharpen their skills, increase their effectiveness, and gain a competitive edge. Presented in a concise, accessible format that breaks through the clutter to save managers valuable time, these books offer authoritative insights and techniques for improving job performance and achieving immediate results.